Definition of ketogenic in English:
ketogenic
adjectiveˌkiːtə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪkˌkidəˈdʒɛnɪk
Relating to or causing ketogenesis.
if you are supplying less than 100 grams of glucose, you will be putting your body into a ketogenic state
Example sentencesExamples
- The main pathway for tyrosine degradation involves conversion to fumarate and acetoacetate, allowing phenylalanine and tyrosine to be classified as both glucogenic and ketogenic.
- Fourteen of the 20 amino acids are glucogenic; two are ketogenic; and four are partly glucogenic and partly ketogenic.
- The products of this reaction are both ketogenic (acetyl-CoA) and glucogenic (pyruvate).
- Leucine and lysine are ketogenic amino acids.
- However, while both the Atkins and South Beach low-carb diets warn people not to stay in the extremely low-carbohydrate ketogenic "induction" phase for more than two weeks, many people, like your friend, choose to do so for months.
Origin
Early 20th century: from ketone + -genic.
Definition of ketogenic in US English:
ketogenic
adjectiveˌkidəˈdʒɛnɪkˌkēdəˈjenik
Relating to or causing ketogenesis.
if you are supplying less than 100 grams of glucose, you will be putting your body into a ketogenic state
Example sentencesExamples
- Fourteen of the 20 amino acids are glucogenic; two are ketogenic; and four are partly glucogenic and partly ketogenic.
- The products of this reaction are both ketogenic (acetyl-CoA) and glucogenic (pyruvate).
- The main pathway for tyrosine degradation involves conversion to fumarate and acetoacetate, allowing phenylalanine and tyrosine to be classified as both glucogenic and ketogenic.
- However, while both the Atkins and South Beach low-carb diets warn people not to stay in the extremely low-carbohydrate ketogenic "induction" phase for more than two weeks, many people, like your friend, choose to do so for months.
- Leucine and lysine are ketogenic amino acids.
Origin
Early 20th century: from ketone + -genic.